steaming
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈstiː.mɪŋ/
steaming
- The action of steam on something.
- Steaming is fine for this fabric, as long as you keep the iron moving.
- The method of cooking by immersion in steam.
- Their favorite way to cook clams is steaming.
- The act or process of seafaring under steam power.
- Steaming was their preferred way to travel until airliners came along.
- The raising of steam by a steam locomotive etc.
- (UK, informal) A form of robbery in which a large gang moves swiftly and violently through a bus or train.
- French: cuisson à la vapeur
- German: Dämpfen
- Russian: готовка на пар
- French: cuisson à la vapeur
- German: Dämpfen
- Italian: cottura a vapore
- Spanish: cocción al vapor
steaming
- Giving off steam.
- We were served with steaming bowls of soup.
- Extremely hot
- (slang) Very angry.
- I was steaming when I heard about their betrayal.
- (slang, UK) Extremely drunk.
- (giving off steam) steamy
- (very angry) apoplectic, enraged, furious; see also Thesaurus:angry
- (extremely drunk) paralytic, sloshed, wasted; see also Thesaurus:drunk
- German: dampfend
- Spanish: humeante
- Present participle and gerund of steam
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